Jerry Brown Signs Law Exempting Red Light Camera Companies From Legal Challenges
Saving an industry and a revenue stream, Crony Capitalism 101
Nanny State
TSA Drill Instills Fear in Passengers at Phoenix Airport
Cell phone video brought light to a practice the TSA's been following for years
California Deals with State Pension Crisis by Expanding it to Private Employees
Opponents worry it will be used to prop up ailing state employees' programs
Univision Investigative Report Identifies Fast & Furious Victims
57 new ATF-connected guns found, weapons from operation used to kill 16 teenagers at birthday party
British Man Held For Months After "Avoidable" DNA Mix Up
Britain leads the way in collecting DNA, and mismanaging it
How Local Governments Are Chipping Away at the First Amendment
That Amendment is unequivocal when it states that Congress shall make no law. Lesser government powers can make as many as they like.
San Francisco's Darkest Hours
The founder of Salon takes a fascinating tour of the Golden Gate City, 1967-82.
The Latest Misguided Attack on Sugary Drinks
Wheat, soy, dairy, and seafood make some people sick. Should we tax or ban those foods as a result?
"Butt Chugging" Frat Indefinitely Suspended
Pi Kappa Alpha chapter at University of Tennessee surrenders charter
FDA Starts Campaign Warning About Online Pharmacies
Thinks Americans are too dumb to realize the risks
Won't Back Down
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis team up in Hollywood's latest implausible school reform flick
With Presidential Staff Implicated, White House Pressed on Prostitution Scandal
It's a stressful job, and sometimes you have to relieve some tension
New Jersey Considers Requiring Pets To Buckle Up
Politicians. Too much time. It's a bad combination.
UN Looking to New Global Taxes to Tap the Rich
According to some in the UN, the time's come for wealth redistribution, an old favorite in some quarters
NYC's MTA Bans Ads That Could Incite Violence, Breach of the Peace
In other words, they'll be censoring ads that express viewpoints. Don't start vandalizing things you don't like though!
NYPD America's Biggest and Baddest?
Mayor Bloomberg's boast of a "personal army" may not be far off with a police department larger than the FBI that's moonlighting as an intelligence agency in the region and the world
Long Arm of the Law Reaches Out to Innocence of Muslims Filmmaker
Probation violation brings him into federal custody
Claim: $1.4 Billion in Taxpayer Money Spent on President, Family and Staff
Constant Air Force One trips part of what's driven costs up. By comparison the British spend $58 million a year on the royal family
US Building Secrecy Regime, Assange Tells UN
Ecuador sponsored the message from Assange to world leaders gathered in New York
FBI Agent Accused of Using Taxpayer Money to Hire Possibly Underage Prostitutes
In the Philippines, for himself and the subject of a federal investigation
Louisiana Politicians Want Government to Have Power to Force Utility to Sell Assets
Big government Republicans like the state's senator David Vitter and its governor Bobby Jindal
Mayor Witnesses Police Shooting
There hadn't been a police shooting in the small town of Kinsey, Alabama in years before that
Suburban Mom Pleads Guilty to Moonlighting as Madam
Won't get additional jail time but could be deported
FBI Agent Accused of Spending Tax Dollars on Hookers
Happened in the Philippines during a weapons trafficking probe
Florida School District Considers Return to Corporal Punishment
Might beat cops in schools
Remy: Imagine (There's No YouTube)
Remy imagines a world where politicians cave to angry mobs and dictate what we can see on YouTube.
Judge: Motorists Can be Held Indefinitely at Toll Booths
A lawsuit over a practice in Florida of documenting the paying of tolls with large denominations was thrown out.
